Riot Control in Your Nation

[The Tekkit Guy]

How does your nation stop violent public outbursts? Do you use non-lethal or lethal weapons? (list what they are)How frequent are riots in your nation? What are they typicaly about?

Imperial Riot Control is a branch of Domestic Security. Containing 200,000 people, they are equipped with gas masks, protective visors, and composite armor suitable for handgun bullet protection. They sport ballistic glass riot shields to keep rioters away. They carry batons, tasers, and rubber bullet pistols. In extreme cases, vans equipped with water cannons or tear gas/flash bang bombs (explode in mid air and disperse to avoid deaths from grenade explosions)

Riots aren't terribly common, but when they happen, they're usually about anarcho-liberalists fighting percieved tyrrany from political and civil restrictions.

[Tierra Prime]

In the event of a riot, the Imperial Constabulary will deploy officers armed with stun weapons and light combat armour. Handheld energy shields, gas masks, and water cannons will be issued as necessary to prevent the situation from escalating. If the police are unable to contain the riot, the Lord Constable will meet with the Emperor to request the deployment of forces from the Auxiliary Division, the elite forces of the Imperial Constabulary. If the Emperor agrees, the auxiliaries will deploy with powered armour and semi-automatic stun weapons to stop the rioters. In the unlikely event the auxiliaries are unable to stop the riot, the Emperor will authorise the deployment of all nearby Imperial Military and Imperial Guard units to the affected areas. If the rioters surrender peacefully, order will be restored and a full pardon will be issued to all citizens, but if they continue to fight, the Imperial Navy will block all affected systems and deploy marines for a full-scale offensive.

[Arcturus Novus]

Due to the size and nature of the Arcturan Empire, uprisings and protests are common. Provincial police forces often work with the Arcturan military to quell dissidence by any means necessary.

[Olwe]

Day 1 of rioting: Attempt to subdue rioters with nonlethal force except in cases where their actions are a clear and present danger and they have to be killed to protect police or innocent civilians.

Day 2: Arm police with flamethrowers. If riots continue, light the rioters up and break out the marshmallows.

Day 3: If rioters are still active, pull all government employees out of the city, evacuating as many innocents as possible as well, and then level the whole city with a drone strike. This actually has a name: the This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Act.

[Ingensterra]

When a protest begins, the government of the province in which it started normally does nothing more than send peace officers as long as the protest remain peaceful. Upon the start of a violent protest, curfew laws are enacted and non-lethal forces are used in order to attempt to quell the riot. SWAT teams are here sent out and cities are monitored 24/7 by peace officers. Arrests become more common and the area of rioting becomes restricted. Upon the beginning of a lethal riot, state of emergency is declared. Curfews are strictly enforced and defying it results in arrest without questioning. If one is found to have been involved in illegal activities in the rioting after being arrested, they can be charged with endangering national/state security. Lethal force is then likely to be used by the Internal Forces division of the Ingensterra military. While peaceful protesters will be spared, they will be forced to leave the area of protest and cease and desist. Violent protesters will be shot on sight when lethal protest break out because of the possibility that an innocent person will be harmed.

[Parhe]

How does your nation stop violent public outbursts?
We try to corner them into a closer area and leave them be while also identifying the rioters to bill later on for damages. If the riot cannot be stopped or moved out of the way we just use stink bombs followed by foam.

Do you use non-lethal or lethal weapons? (list what they are)
The mentioned above. Otherwise, well, nothing really special. Do bring police usual weapons but also with gas masks, armor, and riot shields.

How frequent are riots in your nation?

A riot is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property or people. Riots typically involve vandalism and the destruction of property, public or private.

Riots are nearly unheard of in the Holy Parhic Empire. Protests are very common, with multiple occurring every day, but they are mainly only loud because of chanting if anything (it is considered rude to get in the way of other people, such as blocking streets or access to buildings); protests are what brought the monarchy back to the country and have been promoted for centuries by the government, some saying the Parhic government is more "trigger happy" for protests than population.

What are they typically about?
The few riots we have seen in history have largely been in support of the monarchy and nobility against forces challenging their dominance.

[Holy Marsh]

The Theocracy's religious control over a fanatical population means riots are virtually unknown. Riot Control is handled by the 4th Rate Militia, who also act as the police force. Violence is the most common method.

[Novus Niciae]

How does your nation stop violent public outbursts?
By actually giving people a real chance to have a say in how the country is run.

Do you use non-lethal or lethal weapons? (list what they are)
In the event of a riot of our own citizen we would have to use lethal force since GEM upgrades make most citizen immune to most nonlethal (and some otherwise lethal) weapons.

How frequent are riots in your nation?
Extremely rare, most citizens are content and have self-discipline ingrained in them since birth.

What are they typically about?
There was one riot because of a corrupt planetary level government that tried to leave the republic about 50 years ago, and the arrival of a naval carrier battle group swiftly put down the corrupt government and sided with the rioters.

[Chinese Peoples]

How does your nation stop violent public outbursts?
We combine the authorized use of psychological persuasion and force. While freedom of religion is enshrined in the Constitution, we will withdraw the registration of a riotous religious group (yes, religious groups are required to register in China and must account for the conduct of their members). We also believe that organized religion is a threat to the stability of the state, so we do not generally permit religious leaders to emerge on the national scene. Taoism, Buddhism, Chinese Animism, Christianity, and Islam have national-level conferences, but these are strictly monitored by the government, so that no material inciting of violence against the state or each other is permitted to be disseminated. As such, all religious groups have found one way or another to accommodate each other.

Do you use non-lethal or lethal weapons?
The state is generally not permitted to use lethal weapons against its own citizens, unless granted permission by a competent officer of that region in which it is to be used, who must be a democratically-elected and responsible minister. We typically use hypnotic agents in case of insuppressible riots; these agents put the unprotected to sleep within a few seconds of contact, for a period of about 6 hours, depending on the neurological character of the person who inhales the agent.

How frequent are riots in your nation?
Not very frequent compared to other nations, but due to the population and size of China, we do experience a few outbursts per year on average.

What are they typically about?
Economic iniquity, government inaction, and

[Eternal Celtania]

Well, in my country, we really like sending in cavalry charges with the assistance of some light artillery support in the form of canister shot straight into their ranks to open up gaping holes. Round here, we do things the Napoleonic way. Which is, lethal force. Gas and beanbag rounds are far less humane than a saber- you suffer longer before the government kills you. The riots typically start because people are greedy and want clean water, better work hours, or a private sector.

[Ammerinia]

How does your nation stop violent public outbursts?

By actually giving people a real chance to have a say in how the country is run.

Ditto.

Do you use non-lethal or lethal weapons? (list what they are)

In the event of a riot, the local Police Corps will likely try to calm the rioters or break them apart without the use of any force.

If that does not work, ADS Systems will be brought out and will forcibly break up the rioting crowd, augmented or not. Riots almost never escalate past this point, as the ADS insures that they cannot return to the rioting site.

In the extremely rare event that the Active Denial System does not work or is rendered useless, the Police Corps will be cleared to open fire with non-lethal pulse guns and gas only. Chances are that unless the crowd is armed significantly, the riot will instantly end.

How frequent are riots in your nation?

Almost non-existent. The last major physical one was way back in 2059, and since then, the public conducts their protests and disputes largely through the Internet now, preventing massive amounts of unneeded civil violence and damage which are caused by riots.


What are they typicaly about?

The one in 2059 was about recognizing the newly formed nation of Patchies, which was also an autocracy, which caused controversy with the public and even the Imperial Council.

The digital riots and disputes today are so widely varied, that there is no one thing they are usually about anymore.

[TAPLOC MRGBB]

One word: Resiniferatoxin. Look it up. Had one riot since our founding. I can still hear the screams.

[Amerikians]

We machine gun them in the streets these days, we got tired of fucking around with malcontents in the 2020 Boston Race Riots.

Before that we just arrested the worst trouble makers and attempted to retain public order.

[Singaporean Transhumans]

How does your nation stop violent public outbursts?

You expect these to be happening in a Combine ripoff nation? Hah! Anyway, the Singapore Civil Authority (SCA) and the Local Civil Organized Defense Force (LOCDF) regularly polices the street and those found having intentions to sociocide are contained from conducting social infection. Furthermore we have ideological indoctrination so that citizens don't really care about these things.

Do you use non-lethal or lethal weapons?

Both the SCA and the LOCDF use military-issue weaponry (mainly the TY-P9 SMG), barring advanced rocket launchers (but they have Volkspanzerfausts and proton colliders to compensate for that). What do you think?

How frequent are riots in your nation?

They happen once or twice a year before they are violently suppressed with massive casualties. We tolerate one or two riots to happen (but not last) a year so the metrocops get to shoot these people for fun.

What are they typically about?

Campaigns for democracy, more rations and LDU exchange standard increase, etc. The thing about consumables usually get solved (but after the riots in which people have already died), but democracy is never gonna happen.

[Revitallia]

Since the nation is still recovering from a revolution that happened many months ago, there is a very weak military and police. Very little riot control, but people generally settle themselves down after a day or two.

There is more worry of the previous dictator (who fled) getting one of our enemies to put him back in power then there is worry of an out of control riot

[Renewed Imperial Germany]

The Bereitschaftspolizei, the riot control division of the Waffen-Polizei, our equivalent of American SWAT units, uses heavy riot armor that protects them from blunt weapons and thrown objects. It protects their legs, chest, and arms. The head is protected by a helmet with a plexiglass visor. Heavy leather boots are worn under the shin protectors, resulting in the Bereitschaftspolizei making a menacing, rock crushing sound when they walk in formation. When tear gas is used, riot police wear a gas mask under their helmet, and raise their plexiglass visor.

The usual riot cop is armed with a plexiglass shield and nightstick. Small riots are often quelled using only the nightsticks and shields, with resisting protestors being bought to submission using the nightsticks. Subdued demonstrators are arrested using nylon zip-tie style cuffs. Larger incidents often see the use of water cannons to break the rioters up, with the riots subduing the now divided protestors. Tear gas is also used commonly during large-scale riots, particularly violent ones. Violent riots often see the use of beanbag shotgun rounds and stun grenades, as well.

Riot police are only used when protests are unruly, violent, or occupy public property without a permit or private property without the permission of the owner. Protests are never broken up due to their message, as Germany recognizes and respects the freedom of speech.

[Rusozak]

Riots are dealt with tear gas and other forms of non-lethal chemical weapons. In event that nonlethal weapons and intimidation cannot contain the riot, lethal force is authorized.

[Kazarogkai]

Depending on severity local police forces will be deployed and concentrated in the area to contain the rioters within a designated area. Checkpoints will be set up to prevent non-authorized personnel from entering and to ultimately keep the rioting people in. Local police will be sent into the affected area demanding that the rioters in question to put down any weapons that they have and return to their homes and by doing so they will be given leniency. If the riot grows to such a degree that the local police force can't even handle it then police forces from other jurisdictions alongside local Home-Army and if need be regular army troops depending upon the severity of the situation. Those who remain if they respond with violence to Law-enforcement will be responded to in turn, if the situation becomes such that this becomes the norm then the local commanders can declare a free fire zone allowing Law-enforcement to engage with lethal force anyone and anything which may pose a threat in their eyes.

[Tolmakia]

Riots are rare here. When citizens protest, they rarely become violent and always end up putting up peaceful protests. However riots have occurred from time to time, usually because of some mischievous citizens causing random chaos in an otherwise calm procession.

The Tolmakian Homeland Police has a riot control branch which is a part of the Special Units Division (SD). Even though riots are rare, they always accompany even the most quiet rallies in the nation in case of disorder. They are usually armed with ranged weapons containing non-lethal ammunition, truncheons (or stun batons), and equipped with body armor, military-grade helmets with riot visors, and a ballistic shield. Flash bangs and water cannons are used as a last resort.

[Camplings]

The Republic of Camplings has not yet had a riot, and crime is very uncommon. In the off chance that a riot does occur, the military and police would be dispatched to deal with it, even though both have proven to be (for the most part) inept at their jobs due to inexperience.

[Imperium Sidhicum]

The mere sight of a patrol of imposing Urban Security officers is usually sufficient to dissuade residents of the Imperium, Sidh and human alike, from any antisocial activities. Even the most disgruntled and rebellious individual is bound to have second thoughts about causing trouble when faced with 500 pounds of genetically-enhanced cyber-augmented muscle and powered armor towering over him, about to show him the error of his ways with a baseball-bat-size stun stick or shock fist crackling in electric pain. Not to mention that the said armored brute usually also carries a military-issue energy rifle, an autocannon-calibre sidearm, and several of likewise equipped buddies around in case his stun stick doesn't appear persuasive enough.

Sidh citizens riot rarely and disperse quickly when they do, being fully aware of the Urban Security's reputation of asking nicely just once. When a phalanx of Urban Security troopers is plodding towards the riot down the street, their officer bellowing in megaphone for rioters to cease and disperse, every Sidh knows it's high time to leg it, because the next thing that will follow is going to be a volley of stun rounds and a baton charge. Humans, especially from recently-conquered worlds, tend to be more troublesome, accustomed to the comparatively soft-handed tactics of human riot police, consequently trying to put up a fight - often with lethal results.

Sidh authorities aren't particularly concerned with injuries and the occasional fatality inflicted upon riotous Sidhae, let alone humans, whom they typically regard as little more than vermin. Consequently, Urban Security will use minimal if any restraint in the use of force when dispersing a human riot, considering human casualties acceptable and even desirable, "culling the population".

In any event, the primary concern of Urban Security in a riot is to restore order maximally quickly and minimize damage to public property, minimizing injuries to the rioters being pretty much a non-issue, though overly lethal and destructive methods are strongly discouraged for practical reasons. A Sidh who rises against lawful authority in violence is deemed to have forsaken any rights this authority has granted him, and must hence be treated like an enemy of the state, at least until he has been returned to the fold.

The omnipresent surveillance in Sidh cities also makes rioting problematic, any troublemakers being virtually guaranteed to be tracked down within hours afterwards. Depending on the extent, purpose and damage of the riot, and the extent of one's individual involvement in it, those charged with inciting and partaking in a riot can face a broad variety of punishments, ranging to public flogging to summary execution, with a range of terms of hard labour being in between. Harshest penalties are usually dispensed to those involved in killing or seriously injuring law enforcement officials (which, given their use of full body armor, reasonably cannot be anything but a deliberate and malicious act), while others, such as those who have partaken in anti-human pogroms can be let off with as little as a fine and a stern warning.

[Renewed Imperial Germany]

The mere sight of a patrol of imposing Urban Security officers is usually sufficient to dissuade residents of the Imperium, Sidh and human alike, from any antisocial activities. Even the most disgruntled and rebellious individual is bound to have second thoughts about causing trouble when faced with 500 pounds of genetically-enhanced cyber-augmented muscle and powered armor towering over him, about to show him the error of his ways with a baseball-bat-size stun stick or shock fist crackling in electric pain. Not to mention that the said armored brute usually also carries a military-issue energy rifle, an autocannon-calibre sidearm, and several of likewise equipped buddies around in case his stun stick doesn't appear persuasive enough.

Sidh citizens riot rarely and disperse quickly when they do, being fully aware of the Urban Security's reputation of asking nicely just once. When a phalanx of Urban Security troopers is plodding towards the riot down the street, their officer bellowing in megaphone for rioters to cease and disperse, every Sidh knows it's high time to leg it, because the next thing that will follow is going to be a volley of stun rounds and a baton charge. Humans, especially from recently-conquered worlds, tend to be more troublesome, accustomed to the comparatively soft-handed tactics of human riot police, consequently trying to put up a fight - often with lethal results.

Sidh authorities aren't particularly concerned with injuries and the occasional fatality inflicted upon riotous Sidhae, let alone humans, whom they typically regard as little more than vermin. Consequently, Urban Security will use minimal if any restraint in the use of force when dispersing a human riot, considering human casualties acceptable and even desirable, "culling the population".

In any event, the primary concern of Urban Security in a riot is to restore order maximally quickly and minimize damage to public property, minimizing injuries to the rioters being pretty much a non-issue, though overly lethal and destructive methods are strongly discouraged for practical reasons. A Sidh who rises against lawful authority in violence is deemed to have forsaken any rights this authority has granted him, and must hence be treated like an enemy of the state, at least until he has been returned to the fold.

The omnipresent surveillance in Sidh cities also makes rioting problematic, any troublemakers being virtually guaranteed to be tracked down within hours afterwards. Depending on the extent, purpose and damage of the riot, and the extent of one's individual involvement in it, those charged with inciting and partaking in a riot can face a broad variety of punishments, ranging to public flogging to summary execution, with a range of terms of hard labour being in between. Harshest penalties are usually dispensed to those involved in killing or seriously injuring law enforcement officials (which, given their use of full body armor, reasonably cannot be anything but a deliberate and malicious act), while others, such as those who have partaken in anti-human pogroms can be let off with as little as a fine and a stern warning.

Your country... it scares me...

[Gandoor]

Our police utilize non-lethal methods to control riots.

That being said, riots are an extremely rare occurrence in Gandoor.

[St Salvador]

Violent demonstrations are usually put down by the Local police force who done Military issue vest and Visored helmets.
If the demonstrators are armed and have the Intention of causing harm to specific individuals or government property deadly force will be authorized and officers will be issued semi auto Rifles with bayonets. The rioters will be given twenty minutes to disperse.

if Rioters are simply protesting government policy,race,religion,working conditions or sports(especially sports)tear gas Batons(Nicknamed enforcers) and water cannon are used to subdue crowds(Note:if an officer is killed deadly force may be authorized like when the Fighting leopards lost the lavender bowl)

Citizens rarely Riot for fear of government response but when they do its quite deadly so far the worst have been in brasilistan as we try and integrate it into the Republic.

[The North American Mainland]

In the North American Mainland, my people are content and satisfied with how the government operate. Health care, education, welfare and security for my citizens are the main expenses in the Mainland, and as such, we have no riots. Some peaceful protests and localized complaints are not uncommon, but have yet to cause major concern.
However, the Mainland is not foolish. We have a very well funded police force and military, ready to be mustered at a moments charge. Freedom of speech and expression is valued, and the police uphold this right more than hinder it. Problems in the Mainland should find themselves solved through diplomacy rather than bullets and bloodshed.